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For good reduction at p, the reduction of an elliptic curve gives a map
E(Qp​)⟶E(Fp​)
(1)
whose kernel is its formal group of an elliptic curve, and the torsion in that kernel is p-primary. Hence the prime-to-p part of any torsion subgroup injects into E(Fp​).
At p=2, the odd part of E(Q)tors​ must divide 4, so it is trivial. The torsion group is therefore a 2-group. At p=3, all of this group has order prime to 3 and injects into a group of order 7, so it too is trivial. Thus
E(Q)tors​=0.
(2)

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